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On this day: July 26

POSTED: 4:47 PM Jul 25 2012 UPDATED: 12:00 AM Jul 26 2012

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The Inca civilization suffers a blow, the Postal Service, the FBI and the CIA are born, The Babe makes his last public appearance and the space shuttle returns to space, all on this day.

OTD July 26 - Atahualpa — 1 / 33

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1533: Atahualpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro's Spanish conquistadors. His death marks the end of 300 years of Inca civilization.

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